I lived in Carlsbad from 1976- 1989, and I raced there almost every week, of course it was on a motorcycle and it appears you don't have one photo of any drag bikes anywhere, feeling no love here..... --Ed Cicoria

Feel the love...here's a photo for you. Where are your drag bike photos, Ed?

We miss the track very much & my work makes me drive
by the former track everyday and I witness all the
construction. You would not even know that there once
stood a raceway on the land. It had a great run, and I am
proud to have been a part of it.
-Mike Brazelton

Just want to say in behalf of the Brazelton family, we are grateful of the years we had to race and enjoy Carlsbad Raceway. We broke a lot of parts along the way,but made some great friends! -- Michael Brazelton

Oscar Garret sent the burnout pictures. Thanks, Oscar!

The only two pics I have of my 74 TA running on a drag strip, and they were taken at Carlsbad! I've run several strips in the southland, including the Brotherhood Raceway Park. I will miss the drive down the coast to Carlsbad, as it was always my favorite strip. Carlsbad Raceway was to me exactly what a "local" dragstrip is. I'll forever have memories of the return road and the timeslip hand-offs, those were the days...-- Thank you, Terry Embry

I really enjoy your website, thanks for posting all these great shots of racing at Carlsbad. Here's two from Spring 2003- JBA Antique Drags- one shows the staging lanes and the other a starting line shot, where you can see Woody in the background and of course Charlie on the tree.........Pete W.

I only wish I could have been there for the last race. I really feel there is something missing from my life after all those years not being there, but I was caring for my parents up north and could not be there, all I know is I sure miss the old crowd and hope everyone is doing well.... - Gary Rosso

Note: Thanks to Greg Roak for pointing out that the wrong picture was beside the John S. comments. Fixed.

Hey, does this mean somebody's really reading this stuff?

My name might not sound familiar. But many might not know, to me it is not just a simple raceway. It was a place the Pena family once called home -Georgina Pena

This was taken in June 1977. I am in the Camaro in the right lane. Tom Haggin was the promoter then and he ran a bracket points series usually on Sundays. I attended the first Div. 7 bracket finals for Team Carlsbad. Also ran in 78 before moving to Georgia where I reside today. --John S.

History of 1969 Dodge Charger -- I was racing it back at Carlsbad from 1987 to 1990. It had a 440 sixpac and an automatic, Dana 60 3.54 gears. Best run was 13.04 @ 104, basically a stock 440 with a 3000 stall converter, on slicks.

I won the muscle car nationals with it in Sacramento in 1989, Junior stock big block. and did all my tuning at Carlsbad.

I loved going to the track, learned a lot about Drag racing there.

Thank you for the web site. – Ed van Mourik

I love the web site! I miss racing there. My last race there was a month before you closed. I broke my Mustang there but still pulled 11.65 I the quarter. Take care! – Mike Fenn USMCSee Links page for Mike's Website

Great site! I lived in San Diego from 1983-2005 and enjoyed the track many times. I am submitting a couple of photos from my collection from 1983. The local chapter of the SCCA held a Solo2 autocross there which was a run on the dragstrip and the return road.BELOW: In this photo I am in the gold TR8 (although that guy does have dark hair :-) ) and right behind me is Phil Binks in his rare 1965 Dolphin Jr. (Phil still races the Dolphin at the Monterey Historics every August.)

BELOW:This is me negotiating chicane set up on the dragstrip to slow us down before the corner.